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I think the race just changed. And we're about to see a surge of energy and cash flood in.

Your takes on American politics are as bad as your takes on Canadian politics. You don't think a 59 yr old half black woman running against the oldest nominee in American history is going to make a difference? There's also the contrast of a federal prosecutor running against a felon and an...

When has anybody cared about legitimacy when doing drastic things in recent memory? They didn't run on letting in a million marginally qualified immigrants per year. They did it anyway. Would it be bad for democracy? Absolutely. Does anybody actually care about democracy these days...

A year is not a lot of time when you're down 20 points.

The pay-responsibility ratio is poor. Authority is low. And governments these days (on both sides) are exceptionally partisan and meddlesome. The value of that rank level is to prove you can do it, to get a decent private sector job. At my last post, our one leaf general left to be an Amazon...

We should accept it's going to be terrible. And prepare for it. I don't think Canadians fully grasp the risk here. Imagine the refugee crisis we'll have if Trump actively tries to catch and deport millions.

They went from from refusing to kiss the ring to "Hawk Tush" pretty quick.

Comes just as the new CDS says we have 5 years to prepare. And given the briefs we get, she's not exaggerating. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/new-chief-of-defence-staff-change-in-command-ceremony-1.7266382

That is absolutely not possible unless there's an error. The rebates are fixed per person in the household. https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/canada-carbon-rebate/how-much.html So either they got a rebate for something else and think it's the CCR. Or CRA...

I'm not the Democratic base and we were talking about Canadians living in the US. Not all migrants there.

Who said they are there illegally? Are you aware of TN visas to the US? When I said he'd force them to go back, I wasn't talking about illegals. I think a future Trump administration is going to crack down hard on legal immigration. Just like he did last time. Remember the "Muslim ban"?

Nothing would change. The same base that made Singh leader still dominates. I think some of you are clinging on to the idea of the NDP as a worker's party. It isn't that anymore. It's become a leftist party with social issues at the forefront. They've lost a lot of the working class to the...

Much more likely that a Trump administration cracks down really hard on immigration and many of these people are actually forced to go home.

Exactly as I said.....

Canadians are some combination of dumb, gullible and unconcerned with defence issues. I am always surprised though, when Canadian politicians assume the same for foreign politicians. Who do they think is falling for this announcement?

Timelines don't allow for nuclear submarines. The Victoria Class is going to be out of service middle of next decade. They need something immediately. SSN-AUKUS won't even enter Australian service till the 2040s. If we genuinely want nuclear submarines, we could consider a split fleet for...

The fundamental problem for our governments (both this one and the next one) is that they love to brag about how fiscally sound they are and then refuse to spend on defence. Kinda like a friend who brags about how much they make but always forgets to bring his wallet to dinner, never offers to...

Good guess. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2024/07/canada-launching-process-to-acquire-up-to-12-conventionally-powered-submarines.html Now let's see if the Americans stop yelling. I don't think it's enough yet, given the years of talk with no results.

Good article on allies becoming impatient with Canada. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/08/nato-summit-canada-commitment-00166648

This is part of it. But more broadly I think countries like Canada and the UK saw opportunity in the US becoming more restrictive on immigration. Also, India is going through a massive demographic bulge right now with basically a surplus of young people. Just the like the boom from China...